Pocket combination-case.



PATENTED DOO. 5,1905.

No. 306,552. Y

` W. MERSBAOH.

POCKET OOMBINATION OASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1905.

Witnesses:

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4UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE. WILLIAM MEEsBAorL oEcHIcAeo, ILLINOIS.

POCKET COMBINATION-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Dec. 5, '1905.

Application filed May 24,1905. Serial No. 261,947.

To all whom t may concern/.- Be it known that I, WILLIAM MERSBACII, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new* and useful Improvements in Pocket Combination-Cases, of which. the following is a specification. f

My invention relates to certain n ew and useful improvements in combination-cases of the type which are carried, for instance, in the vest-pocket and used to hold such articles as pencils,fountain-pens,combs,tickets,matches, and the like. y l

The detailed construction will be explained as the description proceeds, reference being had therein by -numerals to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the case. showing the arrangements of the pockets on the front side thereof. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the preferred form of construction. Fig. 3 is an elevationshowing the single pocket on the rear side of the case, and Figs. 4f, 5, and 6 are vertical sectional views of modifications of' my construction.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral l represents a stiff leather backing having soft-leather pieces 2 and stitched thereto to form pockets. The member 2 is somewhat wider than the backing, so as to provide sufside left unstitched, thereby forming a pocket f having an open end. Adjacent each row of stitching on the sides of the member' 2 are parallel rows of stitching 2 and 2b, forming vertical side Apockets 2c and2d, arranged to receive a vpencil and a fountain-pen, and a central pocket 2g. YThus vby the arrangement of the rows of stitching the member 2 serves as a wall for three pockets. The side pockets are provided with a bottom lling of fibrous material 2f to protect the pencil-'point and absorb any leakage from a-fountainpen, the side pocket2d being c'ut away at its base to show thefibrous filling, the construction being duplicated in the pocket 2c. The fourth pocket upon the front side of the backingl is formed by stitching a soft-leather piece 3, considerably shorter than the member 2, to the backing 1. 'The member 3 is stitched in the same manner as the member 2 and is of equal width to the central vertical` pocket 2, the side rows of stitchingcoinciding with the Witnesses:

rows ofstitching 2a and 2b and the bottomrow with the bottom row of stitching of the member 2, `which I will now designate 2e. A soft piece of leather 4: slightly wider than the backing 1 is stitched to the rear face vthereof in the same manner as the members 2 and 3 and forms a fifth pocket.

Inithe modification shown in Fig. L the members 2 and 3 are formed integral, and in ,-tlie modification illustrated in Fig. 5 the members 4 and 3 are formed integral. Of course vwhere the members 2 and 3 are formed integral the leather' must be treated the same way o n each sidegto present a uniform appearance.

v,As shown in the drawings, the pocket 2g is adapted to contain a comb or mirror and the pockets 2c and 2d pencils and pens, the pocket 3 matches or toothpicks, and the pocketli cards or tickets.

The-case is described as constructed of leather, since that is the preferable material andthe one best adapted to wear; but I do not wish to confine myself to this specificv material than leather, but essentially of sufficient stiffness to give the desired stability to the structure.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patentyisy 1. A device of the' type set forth, comprising a stiff `backing having pockets on its front and rear faces` the pockets on both faces being formed of an integral piece of material.

2. A device of the'. type set forth comprising a stiffl backing having a single pocket'on one side and a pluralityof pockets on the other side,` said single pocket and said plurality of pockets being formed of a single piece of material secured to the backing.'

8, A device of th'e'type set forth comprising a stili' backing having on one side a plurality of long pocketsV approximately the full length of the backing,and a superposed shorter pocket and having'on the opposite side a single pocket of less length than said long pockets.

. In testimony whereof I axmy signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses. WILLIAM MERSBAOH.

WILLIAM B. LOWE, FRED W. MAYER. 

